Did you witness the deadly Scottsdale plane crash? Here's how you can help
The National Transportation Safety Board is seeking witnesses regarding the devastating plane crash at Scottsdale Airport on Monday.
According to a spokesperson for NTSB, in the past two days, investigators recovered the cockpit voice recorder, which was sent to the NTSB lab in Washington, D.C. As of Wednesday morning, five investigators remained on scene to conduct interviews with witnesses and continue documenting the wreckage.
The NTSB will begin moving the wreckage to a security facility in Phoenix on Wednesday, officials said.
Scottsdale plane crash: What to know
Officials urged anyone with video or photo of the crash to email them to witness@ntsb.gov.
Around 2:30 p.m. Monday, a Gates Learjet Corp 35A, owned by Mötley Crüe frontman Vince Neil and which was arriving from Austin, Texas, veered off the left side of the runway and collided with a parked Israel Aircraft Industries Gulfstream 200.
The pilot of the Learjet, 78-year-old Joie Vitosky, died as a result of the crash. Two other people were critically injured. A third was injured, but not critically.
Neil was not on the jet at the time of the collision, according to a statement by Neil's legal representative on the band's Instagram account. However, Neil's girlfriend, Rain Hannah Andreani, 43, was on board, Mötley Crüe's manager confirmed to CNN Tuesday. She is the only person on board the planes who has been publicly identified other than Vitosky.
This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: Witnesses sought for Scottsdale crash involving Vince Neil's plane
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